But Sisily was in different case.

He recalled her telling him that she had only been in London once, as a child with her father.

Her inexperience of London was her greatest danger, because it was likely to attract attention.

The only one to whom she could look for help was himself.
His determination to find her was doggedly renewed as he thought of that.
He accepted the lengthened odds against him with the desperate dark courage of a spirit which had always regarded life as a gamble against unseen forces holding marked cards.

The police were searching for him?
Very well.